http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/DG_182294

Announces ambitious plans by Great Britain to build up to 10 new nuclear power plants by 2025 to meet carbon reduction goals. From Directgov.

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12710

Part of America's Energy Future project which examines the role of energy in long-term U.S. economic vitality, national security, and climate change. Analyzes the potential of a wide range of technologies for generation, distribution, and conservation of energy. Includes coal-fired power generation, nuclear power, renewable energy, oil and natural gas, and alternative transportation fuels. From the National Research Council.

http://www.acronym.org.uk/docs/0907/roadto2010.pdf

British government statement on promoting nuclear power to alleviate climate change and energy shortages while ensuring that nuclear material is not allowed to fall into the hands of terrorists or hostile states. Asserts British government positions in view of the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. From the Cabinet Office.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/congress-docs/correspondence/2009/pelosi-05-16-2009.pdf

Reports on events relating to nuclear material considered unusual and significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. One of the cited events occurred at a Midlothian, Virginia hospital. From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/sur_2008q4.pdf

Text of the annual assessment letter on the performance review of the Surry Nuclear Reactor Units 1 and 2 by the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Finds that Surry power stations fully met all cornerstone objectives. From the NRC.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/R40202_20090206.pdf

Congress designated Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the sole, permanent repository in the U.S. for nuclear waste back in 1987. This report discusses the continuing controversy about the Yucca Mountain site, the possibility of an alternative interim storage facility and the remaining nuclear waste policy options. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/info_library/program_docs/ES_Interim_Storage_Report_120108.pdf

Reports that the Energy Department has no current authority to accept spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned nuclear power plants at an interim disposal site, and without legislation providing such authority, a demonstration project could not be completed in the near term. An interim disposal site is needed until the Yucca Mountain repository opens in 20 years or so. From the Energy Department.

http://www.preventwmd.org/report/

The final report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, a group created on the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, to assess the U.S. performance in preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their terrorist users. The report finds that the U.S. is at greater risk than ever because of poorly governed parts of Pakistan and the erosion of international efforts to safeguard nuclear materials as a nuclear energy renaissance begins. Also finds that the danger of a biological attack may pose the greatest risk for the U.S. From the Commission.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6953/vol2/cr6953v2.pdf

Reports results of focus groups and telephone surveys intended to measure public knowledge about and confidence in emergency preparedness and evacuation plans for those near nuclear power plants. From the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn317.pdf

Provides an assessment of nuclear power generation technologies, reviews the designs of new United Kingdom reactors, outlines details of the regulatory design assessment process, especially relating to safety, security and waste, and looks at longer term research into reactor design and waste management. From the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

http://www.nuclear.gov/pdfFiles/NGNP_reporttoCongress.pdf

Describes the licensing strategy for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant including ways in which current requirements need to be adapted for the new type of reactors, the tools needed to verify the design and safety performance, other research that will be needed to review license applications, and a budget estimate. From the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.